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Originally Posted by lemiant
So I'm going with no. If it is touching the bar at all, then some miniscule amount of weight is being supported by the bar, violating the "fully supported by the bar" condition. Although it depends on how lenient FIRST is (Q & A maybe). A hook that begins hovering over the bar should be fine, however.
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By that reasoning, you can't start a robot touching the outside of one of the corner poles, because the pole would be supporting some small amount of the robot's weight.
I think starting with your hook touching the rung is legal. Or poised over the rung so pulling it in will grab the rung. I'm pretty sure the "fully supported by the floor" clause is to keep teams from starting with a robot already hanging from the pyramid.